UB don offers answers to Dow's many questions
Friday, January 27, 2017
Weighing in: Bulawa has suggested answers to Dow's questions PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
More voices are weighing in to the public debate on the recent shocking JCE examinations in which 66% of learners were graded D, E and worse.
UB senior education lecturer, Dr Philip Bulawa says studies have previously been undertaken on the factors behind poor performance by the students in public schools. “All we need to do is retrieve such information and determine what would help us make an improvement,” Bulawa asserts.
The Speaker, Dithapelo Keorapetse, delivered a judgment on the allegations made by Moswaane regarding an influx of substandard medicines into the country. After reviewing a dossier of evidence, including savingrammes, letters from BOMRA, and even a death certificate, the Speaker concluded that the Minister was guilty of grave exaggerations.The ruling did not dismiss Moswaane entirely though. It acknowledged that some medicines had been recalled,...